A Person Comes to the Emergency Department Complaining of Right

question 18

Multiple Choice

A person comes to the Emergency Department complaining of right knee pain after being knocked down while playing basketball. The exam reveals the person experiences difficulty when stepping down on the right leg due to acute pain around the knee and slight swelling of the right knee. Initially, what does the nurse expect? The person will be:

• A)sent home with instructions to rest and to apply an icepack for one week.
• B)admitted to the hospital and seen by an orthopaedic specialist.
• C)scheduled to see an orthopaedic specialist and a tentative appointment for a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)scan.
• D)admitted to the hospital and scheduled for an arthroscopy.

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Definitions:

Stereochemistry

The study of the three-dimensional arrangement of atoms in molecules and the effect of this arrangement on chemical reactions and properties.

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Cellulose

A polysaccharide consisting of a linear chain of several hundred to many thousands of β(1→4) linked D-glucose units, a primary structural component of plant cell walls.

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